Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• COMPENSATING FACTORS
  
  The term used by lenders for examining a borrower's credit strengths and weaknesses. If a borrower is exceptionally strong in one area, such as cash reserves, the borrower may be weaker in another area, such as late payments in the credit history. In this case, the cash reserves may compensate or make up for the derogatory credit.
  
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